Seriously? Okta Open Sources Auth0 Rules. Big Whoop.

Right, so Okta – finally – decided to share a bunch of pre-built rules for detecting dodgy shit happening in their Auth0 service. Like, it took them long enough, frankly. Apparently, they’ve been hoarding these things and now they’re being “generous” by letting everyone else have ’em. It’s basically a catalog of YARA rules but for authentication events. They claim this will help people spot brute-force attacks, account takeovers, and other fun security problems.

What a shocker that you need to *actively look* for threats in your authentication system. Groundbreaking stuff, Okta. It’s not like anyone thought of that before. They’re pushing it through GitHub so some poor sod can actually use them and contribute. Expect a lot of “works on my machine” issues, naturally.

The whole thing is built around their Workflow engine, which means you need to be *invested* in the Okta ecosystem to even bother with this. It’s not exactly a universal solution; it’s more like “Here’s some stuff that might help if you already bought our product.”

Honestly? It feels less like proactive security and more like damage control after all the recent Auth0 incidents. They probably realized people were getting hammered, so they threw a few scraps at us to look good. Don’t get me wrong, it *might* be useful… but I’m still deeply skeptical.

Source: BleepingComputer

And another thing…

Reminds me of the time a vendor tried to sell us “advanced threat detection” that was literally just a slightly modified Snort rule set from 2012. I told them where to stick their “advanced” solution, and they had the *gall* to ask for feedback. Some people… honestly.

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